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Bruce, Reverend John Collingwood [ed.]; Stokoe, John [ed.]
Northumbrian Minstrelsy. A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies, and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria.
Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
Date of Publication: 1882
Stock Code: 15126
First edition, first printing. Duodecimo, pp. x, [2], 191, [1] blank, [6] of index. Publisher’s original pebbled maroon cloth, blind-stamped with lyre design to boards, sympathetically re-cased, titled in gilt to spine; citron end-papers. Contemporary former ownership inscription in ink to title-page. Shelf-wear to edges, corners bumped, soiling and fading to cloth. Light soiling and finger-marks to text. A solid, serviceable copy. The rare first printing of a collection of Northumbrian songs including ‘Chevy Chase’, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, and ‘The Keel Row’. Each tune is introduced with historical context, a critical appraisal, and printed extracts from sheet music. £180.00